The year 2017 marks the 50thanniversary of the worlds first heart transplant and also marks the same milestone for the world longest surviving liver transplant recipient. This period of 50 years has seen cadaver organ transplantation being delivered as a routine procedure worldwide, and approximately 140,000 transplant procedures are performed worldwide every year. In India, the last 5 years has seen several Indian states develop and grow their cadaver organ donation programmes, led by Tamil Read more..